Gumpaste Hibiscus Video Tutorial!

Alright, I know I've been terrible about my blog posts and youtube videos in the past few months!  I apologize and my intention is to be back to posting regularly!

For my first post since my "hiatus" I made a (much requested) tutorial for Gumpaste Hibiscus Flowers.  After my post with the Hibiscus Baby Shower Cake I made at the beginning of the summer, I had quite a few people ask if I had or if I could make a tutorial... so viola!

I had to split this into 2 parts because it was too long to upload, but I didn't want to rush or skip past anything.  Despite the length of the tutorial these flowers are pretty easy to make and don't require a whole lot of special tools.  I do use a Hibiscus cutter, but you can probably use a tear drop, or rose petal cutter and just role out the tapered end to elongate it (as mentioned in the video).  All in all, I think this is a good flower for a beginner who wants to make something impressive!

PART 1

PART 2

Supplies I used in this video:

• pre-colored gumpaste (hibiscus come in a wide variety of vibrant colors!)
• rolling pin
• hibiscus petal cutter (by Creative Cutters)
• gumglue (I used gumpaste dissolved in water)
• a 4"-5" 26 gauge wire
• a thin or dense foam pad
• ball tool
• plastic to cover cut outs... 
• and a jar and piece of foil to create a flower former

*If you are interested in purchasing flower formers like the ones I mentioned in my video, they are called CelFormers and are made by Cel Cakes.  You can find them at a specialty cake supplies store or you can find them on Amazon here.

I hope you found this helpful!!

Happy Caking :)